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View SchemaThe Golden Gate Textile Barrier: Preserving California Bay of San Francisco from a Rising North Pacific Ocean
| Authors | Richart B. Cathcart, Alexander A. Bolonkin |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0702030 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702030 |
Abstract
Climate change in California may require construction of a barrier separating the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River-San Joaquin River Delta simply because Southern California is remarkably dependent on freshwater exported from the Delta. We offer a new kind of salt barrier, a macroproject built of impermeable textile materials stretched across the Golden Gate beneath the famous bridge. We anticipate it might eventually substitute for a recently proposed San Francisco In-Stream Tidal Power Plant harnessing a 1.7 m tide at the Bay entrance if future climate conditions Statewide is conducive. First-glance physics underpin our macroproject.
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